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2016–17: Champions and Awards

It had been 61 years since Hall of Fame player Oscar Robertson attended an Indiana high
school state championship basketball game, but he was at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to
see his alma mater, the Crispus Attucks Tigers, defeat Twin Lakes 73-71.

2016-17 State Champions

It’s the same spirit that encourages a go-get-em messages scrawled on school bus
quarterback and wide receiver to stay after windows. It’s having goals before the season
practice and run extra pass routes. It’s the begins and mustering up the strength and
spirit that enables a head coach to study film courage to pursue them.
until the wee hours of the morning. It’s the
spirit that helps a busy mom get up at 5:00 The IHSAA awarded 43 state championship
AM to fix her daughter a healthy breakfast trophies during the 2016-17 school year.
before driving her to swim practice. It’s the These were hard-earned championships, the
spirit that pushes a volleyball player to spend result of persistence, resiliency, unrelenting
extra hours in the gym all summer long. hard work and the kind of spirit that defines
our state and the people who live here.
It’s pizza parties for the whole team and
pep rallies for the entire school. It’s good Congratulations to this year’s IHSAA
luck messages scribbled on locker doors and state champions!

Fast Fact: To date, 272 different Indiana high schools have won a
state championship.

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